Scott Dureau, Brent Webb, Olivier Elima, Vincent Duport , Julian Bousquet, Steve Menzies, Louis Anderson and Daryl Millard are still recovering from injury and will miss the game.
Gives you a bit of a chance!

Injuries to Dureau and Webb are not really an impact on the Catalans team that has been playing this season though and losing Elima will improve your discipline!!!!

Nothing like getting your excuses in first. Remy Casty will be leading a huge forward pack with Ian Henderson, Thomas Bosc and Leon Price orchestrating things. The Dragons will be a considerable challenge, there is no doubt about that.

I note 5 aussies/new zealanders on your missing list but you will probably still have more than us on the field, how does the quota work?

getting the excuses in early!!

we are missing fielden, chan and odonnell.. and flying over so evens it up abit

as far as I know we only have four Quota players: Webb, Dureau, Menzies and Anderson. Taia, Millard and Paea play for the Cook Islands, Fiji and Tonga so do not count as Quota players.
All the others have EU passports; French or UK (Scottish, Irish and English, not got a Welshman!)
There are only four non - French in the 19 named for Saturday so there will be at least 13 French in the team.

Agree about Elima!

Lets face it, without Brett Webb on the field Catalan are a much stronger team. That guy is a liability.

They have got Baile in the squad. I thought he must have left it is so long since i have seen him play for Catalans.

Quite right, pity he's not playing. Don't know why he's so highly rated, don't think Lids have missed him.

And it allows Morgan Escaré a run in the side. This kid is the future.


Re Jean-Philippe Baile, he's had a terrible run with injuries. Good to see him back and hope he can get back to something like. Need him to in the continued absence of Duport and Millard.